### Function

# GLib get_codeset

#### Declaration [src]

    gchar*
    g_get_codeset (
      void
    )

#### Description [src]

Gets the character set for the current locale.

#### Return value

Type: `gchar*`

A newly allocated string containing the name of the character set. This string must be freed with g_free().

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.